Study reveals digital divide impacts heart failure outcomes
NCT ID NCT07626853
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at 26,000 adults with chronic heart failure in France who used a web app for remote monitoring. Researchers compared those who were digitally literate with those who were not, tracking hospitalizations and death rates. The goal was to understand whether digital skills influence health outcomes in remote care programs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help tailor remote monitoring programs to better support patients with low digital skills, potentially improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply outside France.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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26,000 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2018
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients were categorized according to their digital literacy as either being digital literate or having poor digital literacy. Being digitally literate referred to those that could enter their data into the system themselves. Patients with poor digital literacy were identified as those requiring the assistance from another person which may have been a family caregiver, a nurse visiting for a purpose other than CHF management, or an RPM nurse by phone where the aforementioned options were unavailable.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older * Diagnosis of chronic heart failure * Enrolment in the national heart failure remote monitoring program between September 3, 2018, and April 21, 2026 * Availability of baseline clinical data including digital literacy status Exclusion Criteria: * Missing baseline information on digital literacy status * Missing follow-up data for survival status
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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NP Medical
Bordeaux, France
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